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4:39

Iseult Gillespie

The Japanese folktale of the selfish scholar

Posted Sep 2020

4:51

Philip Freeman

The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors

Posted Jul 2020

3:56

Alex Gendler

The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris

Posted Jul 2020

4:54

Rod Phillips

What happened when the United States tried to ban alcohol

Posted Jul 2020

4:28

Gabriel Prieto

A day in the life of a Peruvian shaman

Posted Jun 2020

4:13

Kay Read

A day in the life of an Aztec midwife

Posted May 2020

5:10

Brian A. Pavlac

What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials

Posted May 2020

4:17

Daina Ramey Berry

The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth

Posted Apr 2020

1h 4m

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

How we can navigate the coronavirus pandemic with courage and hope

Posted Mar 2020

4:34

Soraya Field Fiorio

Who was the world's first author?

Posted Mar 2020

5:13

Matteo Salvadore

The imaginary king who changed the real world

Posted Mar 2020

4:40

Antara Raychaudhuri and Iseult Gillespie

The legend of Annapurna, Hindu goddess of nourishment

Posted Feb 2020

5:14

Jay Van Bavel

Do politics make us irrational?

Posted Feb 2020

4:52

Eden Girma

The mysterious life and death of Rasputin

Posted Jan 2020

4:32

Theresa A. Yugar

History's "worst" nun

Posted Nov 2019

4:34

Chip Berlet

Are the Illuminati real?

Posted Oct 2019

4:56

Sheila Marie Orfano

Why should you read Dante's "Divine Comedy"?

Posted Oct 2019

4:09

Philip Freeman

A day in the life of a Celtic Druid

Posted Sep 2019

4:29

Alex Gendler

A day in the life of a Cossack warrior

Posted Aug 2019

4:12

Shrabani Basu

From pacifist to spy: WWII's surprising secret agent

Posted Aug 2019

4:45

Soraya Field Fiorio

The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar

Posted Aug 2019

5:05

Brian A. Pavlac

Ugly History: Witch Hunts

Posted Jun 2019

4:22

Michelle Brown

What is a butt tuba and why is it in medieval art?

Posted Apr 2019

13:12

Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan Williams

The story of a parent's transition and a son's redemption

Posted Jan 2019

5:09

Mark Robinson and Alex Gendler

History vs. Henry VIII

Posted Nov 2018

4:56

Puqun Li

Zen kōans: unsolvable enigmas designed to break your brain

Posted Aug 2018

5:20

Mark Robinson

How the Normans changed the history of Europe

Posted Aug 2018

10:19

Leo Igwe

Why I choose humanism over faith

Posted Mar 2018

13:12

Ndidi Nwuneli

The role of faith and belief in modern Africa

Posted Mar 2018

7:45

Nilay Kulkarni

A life-saving invention that prevents human stampedes

Posted Feb 2018

16:11

Anjali Kumar

My failed mission to find God — and what I found instead

Posted Jan 2018

11:33

Lyra McKee

How uncomfortable conversations can save lives

Posted Nov 2017

11:51

Nabila Alibhai

Why people of different faiths are painting their houses of worship yellow

Posted Sep 2017

19:16

Chetan Bhatt

Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are

Posted Sep 2017

12:36

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

How we can face the future without fear, together

Posted Jul 2017

6:06

Janja Lalich

Why do people join cults?

Posted Jun 2017